Pandemic Survival Supplies

Preparing with
pandemic survival supplies is so important to your
Preparedness Plan.

The threat of a global pandemic is
rising again. Ebola is in the news everyday and Ebola sick patients are
being brought into the United States. China, 2013, an influenza virus
never before seen in people had infected at least 382 and killed 117.
Meanwhile, last year, a new type of coronavirus, the family that brought
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), is festering in the Middle
East. The risk of such an outbreak turning into a pandemic is low, but
the danger, if it does, is huge. Before air travel, in 1918 almost 100
million people were killed by Spanish flu, compared with 16 million in
the first world war.

Fortunately, the world is better
prepared for an outbreak than ever before. SARS in 2003, the H5N1 bird
flu of 2005 and the H1N1 swine flu of 2009 have prompted action. By
2011, 158 countries had pandemic-preparedness plans. America has poured
money into the development of new vaccines and antiviral drugs.
Researchers have a better understanding of influenza and other risky
pathogens. Faced with a distant but deadly threat, the world is not
doing badly. But it needs to be better prepared still, because viruses
move a lot faster than governments do. Obtaining the proper pandemic
survival supplies may be critical to your survival.

Immediate Pandemic Flu Issues

All public services will
be affected, especially health, but also
police, fire, water, waste, and energy-power
agencies

All Public services and
their available personnel will be negatively
effected.

The likelihood of loosing
power is high in terms of demand, frequency,
duration, or quality (much reduced staff,
delayed supplies/stock, virtually no
maintenance).

There will only be enough
able Health Care Professionals to take care
of the desperately sick or injured.

The otherwise sick or
injured will have to be cared for at home
or other make shift care facilities.

Some residents of some
areas may be directed to leave or be
physically relocated at rather short
notice, thus implying a need for readiness
and pre packed supplies (personal and health
related). Think about this.
What would you pack if you were told that
you only had one hour before being forcibly
relocated?

Places of Work may be
temporarily closed and the demand for work
may be suspended.

Food and Health Supplies
will rapidly be in short supply. Just think about local stores in
hurricane country - there are always food
and materials supply shortages just before a
storm and there were months of prior time to
get prepared. The point, herein, is that a
person can get 90%, 95%, or 100% ready with
food and health supplies, right now.

School and Daycare will
likely be suspended for a long period of
time, thus a mitigating issue for keeping
healthy kids at home as well as continued
education effort. Possibly with a sick
person at home.

Fuel for vehicles,
stoves, and generators will probably be in
short supply or temporarily unavailable.

Ways to Limit Infection Spread

Prior Vaccination.

People who are fit and
who eat healthy and are not sleep deprived
will statistically fare much better.

Coughing and Sneezing is
the number one flu transmittal method, so:

Cough or Sneeze into
a disposable tissue (NOT on the hands),
then properly dispose of the tissue, and
then wash hand thoroughly with soap or
sanitizer.

In the absence of
tissue to cough or sneeze into, then
cough or sneeze into your sleeve or
elbow (NOT on the hands), and then wash
hand thoroughly with soap or sanitizer.

Get hold of and carry
packets of disposable tissues.

Obtain and carry a
small bottle of hand sanitizer on your
person.

Model the following
behaviors:

Soap and Water are
still the #1 method for killing germs.

Alcohol based hand
wash sanitizer solutions also work.

Wash hands for a
minimum of 15 seconds (for either
method), for the normal length of the
Happy Birthday song (sing Happy
Birthday to Me, silently, to yourself).

For Soap and Water:

Completely wet
your hands first (makes process more
effective).

Apply liquid or
clean bar soap.

Lather well.

Rub your hands
vigorously together for at least 15
seconds.

Scrub all
surfaces, including the backs of
your hands, wrists, between your
fingers and under your fingernails.

Rinse well.

Dry your hands
with a clean or disposable towel.

Use a disposable
towel to turn off the faucet and
open the door

Throw away the
disposable towel into a trash can
which should be located just inside
or outside of the exit door or door
way.For Alcohol based Hand Sanitizer:

Apply about 1/2
tsp of the product to the palm of
your hand (25 Cent Coin size).

If hand
sanitizing has reached the point
where the hand's surface is
continuously tacky, perform a normal
soap and water hand wash.

Use disposable tissues.

Do NOT reuse a
handkerchief.

If sick, do NOT go to
work or school - stay at home!

Teach kids and adults to
stay away from others who are sick.

Teach all of this to kids
and adults who don't know better.

The above should
already be a part of your Prepper mindset and
incorporated into your Preparedness Plan. You can
download a a
free pdf
from the World Health Organization which is very
informative on Pandemic issues and provides a detailed
list. Also, here is a recently issued Ebola Preparedness
Checklist: